| 词汇 | take the fall |
| 释义 | take the fall Theme: ARREST tr. to get arrested for a particular crime. (Especially when others are going unpunished for the same crime.)Bruno and Tony pulled the job off together, but Tony took the fall.You did it, and I won't take the fall! Idiom take the falltake the fall (for someone/something) to accept responsibility for something.The team's general manager takes the fall when the team loses but gets a lot of credit when they do well. take the fall (for someone or something)To face punishment, blame, censure, or arrest for someone else's crime or misdeed, perhaps intentionally. We've made it look like he withdrew the money, so when the police start investigating, he'll be the one to take the fall. I'm always taking the fall for your mistakes—I'm sick of covering for you! Janet doesn't have any penalty points on her license, so she agreed to take the fall for Jeff. take the fallSl. to get arrested for a particular crime. (Especially when others are going unpunished for the same crime. Walt and Tony pulled the job off together, but Tony took the fall. You did it, and I won't take the fall! take the fallIncur blame or censure for another's misdeeds, as in She's taken the fall for you in terms of any political damage, or A senior official took the fall for the failed intelligence operation. This expression originated in the 1920s as underworld slang. It began to be extended to less criminal kinds of blame in the second half of the 1900s. Also see take a fall, def. 2. take the fallreceive blame or punishment, typically in the place of another person. North American informalIn late 19th-century criminals' slang fall could mean an ‘an arrest’, and this was later extended to mean ‘a term of imprisonment’. From this the US term fall guy meaning ‘a scapegoat’ developed in the early 20th century. take the fall tv. to get arrested for a particular crime. (see also take a fall.) Joel Cairo and Wilbur pulled the job off together, but only Wilbur took the fall. |
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